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Download full textNational Center for Health Statistics (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1973
A July 1963-December 1965 survey of children aged 6 to 11 reported data on 21 body measurements. The examination of the children had two emphases. The first concerned factors related to healthy growth and development as determined by a physician, nurse, dentist, and psychologist. The second concerned a variety of somatic and physiologic…
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Child Development, National Norms
Seefeldt, Vern; Gould, Daniel – 1980
Research examining the effects of sports participation on children and youth is reviewed from the perspective of psychological and physical development. Statistical information regarding the participation rate in different kinds of youth sports is given. The effects of prolonged athletic activity on bone, muscle, and adipose tissue growth is…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Athletics, Child Development, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedOlivan, Gonzalo – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2003
A longitudinal study examined 20 neglected and emotionally abused boys (ages 30-42 months) who entered foster residential care and remained a year after initial placement. At placement, children showed a mild form of chronic malnutrition with growth failure. Growth failure was reversible after the first year of stay. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Emotional Abuse
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1978
This booklet outlines basic information on educating preschool and kindergarten age children in the Texas public schools. Teacher requirements, provisions for kindergarten endorsement and the emergency teaching permit are briefly discussed. Administrative program requirements, internships, and specialized preparation for school administrators are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
PDF pending restorationCohen, Cheryl J. – 1976
The effects of exercise in children can be assessed by physiological measures of the respiratory and cardiovascular body functions and by anthropometric measures of body composition and maturation. Several methods and techniques in these areas are available to the researcher and practitioner for attempting to assess the physiological aspect of…
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Cardiovascular System, Child Development
Malina, Robert M.; And Others – 1974
The fifth in a series of reports presenting analyses and discussions of data on height, weight, and 28 other body measurements taken from a probability sample of noninstitutionalized children in the United States aged 6-11 years, this document compares the growth patterns of white and Negro children for 20 body measurements. Emphasis is placed on…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Black Youth, Body Height, Body Weight
Cooper, Grace C. – 1974
Information on the child's first month of life is presented in a self-instructional format. This illustrated booklet is part of a related curriculum on parenting and child development for school-age mothers. The physical appearance of newborns, hospital maternity ward procedures, suggestions for daily schedules for new school-age mothers and their…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Day Care, Emotional Adjustment
PENROSE, L.S.; SMITH, G.F. – 1966
BOTH CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND MATHEMATICAL ELABORATIONS OF DOWN'S ANOMALY, KNOWN ALSO AS MONGOLISM, ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REFERENCE MANUAL FOR PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL. INFORMATION PROVIDED CONCERNS (1) HISTORICAL STUDIES, (2) PHYSICAL SIGNS, (3) BONES AND MUSCLES, (4) MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, (5) DERMATOGLYPHS, (6) HEMATOLOGY, (7)…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development
Crellin, Eileen; And Others – 1971
The study reported in this book provides descriptive material about a national sample of illegitimate children born in Great Britain in 1958. It compares their development with legitimate children who were born in the same week as they were, and it relates their development, at the age of seven years, to a range of factors linked with their birth…
Descriptors: Ability, Child Development, Child Development Specialists, Children
